The Centaur in the Garden

Moacyr Scliar

1980

A House in the Teresópolis Neighborhood, Pôrto Alegre 1947–1953

Psychoanalysis, dialectic materialism, nothing; laws of supply and demand, nothing, nothing; fiction, nothing. Nothing seemed applicable to my case. I was a centaur, irremediably a centaur. And without any plausible explanation.

“We are fortunate to live in Brazil,” my father used to…

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Creator Bio

Moacyr Scliar

1937–2011
Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Moacyr Scliar was one of the most acclaimed and widely translated Brazilian authors. The author of short story collections and novels, he has been credited with giving expression to the Jewish Brazilian experience. He also worked as a public health physician. Scliar received numerous awards, including the Academia de Letras, the Brasilia Prize, the Guimarães Rosa Prize, and the Brazil Pen Club Award.

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